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Montevideo, December 9th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

Tag: China

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 07:15 UTC

    Argentina promotes sales to China through e-commerce Alibaba

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri and Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma meet at Government House following the MOU to open up new trade opportunities

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri and Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday in Buenos Aires as a way to open up new trade opportunities and to support merchants that are marketing products on Alibaba's e-commerce platforms.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2017 - 08:48 UTC

    China launches its first native totally designed and built aircraft carrier

    Analysts said the ship represented a “status symbol” for Beijing in a contested region but posed little threat to advanced US carriers.

    China has launched its first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, state media said on Wednesday, as the country seeks to transform its navy into a force capable of projecting power onto the high seas. Adorned with colorful ribbons, the Type 001A ship “transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony” in the northeastern port city of Dalian, according to official broadcaster CCTV.

  • Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

    Trump backtracks: China is not a currency manipulator, and praises Janet Yellen

    Before the election, Mr. Trump accused Chinese trading of “raping” the US, and promised to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office

    President Donald Trump has said his administration will not label China a currency manipulator, rowing back on a campaign promise. The US president also left open the possibility of re-nominating Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve, despite having criticized her.

  • Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

    China becomes Chile's leading wine market ahead of United States

    Under the banner “Love Wine, Love Chile,” the campaign targeted consumers between the ages of 20 and 35

    China overtook the United States in 2016 to become Chile's No. 1 wine market, Angelica Valenzuela, commercial director of Vinos de Chile, said. Wine consumption in China grew 13.8% last year, Valenzuela told reporters at a press conference organized by the Imagen de Chile Foundation, an agency charged with promoting the national brand

  • Saturday, April 8th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

    Trump describes “tremendous progress” in talks with Xi; state visit to China later this year

    Tillerson said President Trump's trip to China would be a “state visit” in 2017, but gave no other details.

    President Donald Trump has accepted his counterpart Xi Jinping's invitation to make a visit to China, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mr. Trump is hosting the Chinese president for a two-day visit at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:31 UTC

    “I have gotten nothing” from Xi, but a strong friendship has developed, Trump admits

    Trump said the two leaders had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship”

    United States President Donald Trump said to light laughter at a Thursday evening dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping that after a long discussion, “I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing” from his guest. But Trump added that the two leaders, who chatted earlier at the president’s Florida resort, had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship and I look very much forward to it.”

  • Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 06:02 UTC

    Trump will host Xi at his Florida resort April 6/7; anticipates “difficult meeting”

    Trump predicted “a very difficult” meeting in a tweet just hours after both governments announced the summit.

    United States President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign Ministry announced, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2017 - 10:15 UTC

    China, EU, Korea, Chile suspend beef and poultry imports from Brazil

    A charm offensive by President Temer, who even invited foreign ambassadors to a traditional meat restaurant in Brasilia late Sunday, failed to calm importers.

    The fallout from Brazil's rotten meat scandal accelerated Monday when China, a huge market, suspended imports and the European Union and South Korea demanded a partial ban. Another ban on Brazilian meat imposed by Chile sparked fears of a trade spat between the two South American partners.

  • Monday, March 6th 2017 - 10:47 UTC

    China lowers growth target to 6.5% and pledges to tackle “zombie enterprises”

    Premier Li Keqiang addressing the country's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, which has gathered in Beijing for its annual session.

    The Chinese growth target for this year has been cut to around 6.5%, down from 6.5 to 7% last year, Premier Li Keqiang has announced addressing the country's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), which has gathered in Beijing for its annual session. The Chinese economy expanded at its slowest pace in 26 years in 2016.

  • Tuesday, February 28th 2017 - 17:53 UTC

    UN says that action to curb climate change is unstoppable, despite Trump

    Ms Espinosa said it would be more damaging for the US to leave the on-going climate talks process altogether than to stop funding the clean energy program.

    The UN’s new climate chief admits she’s worried about President Donald Trump – but is confident that action to curb climate change is unstoppable. President Trump said he’d withdraw from the UN climate deal and stop funding the UN’s clean energy program. But former Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa said that the delay in any firm announcement suggests the issue is still unresolved.